The Perfect Night

Ryo looked at Victorie and saw she was looking down at her feet. He chuckled and looked at the signs again. He finally found the one for the restaurant and he stopped in front of it. He looked at Victorie one more time and smiled. He walked into the restaurant with her.

"Is it only two of you, Sir?" the waiter asked. Ryo didn't say anything he just nodded."Very well." the waiter said leading them to a table in the back. He put two menus down and walked away. Ryo looked at the ceiling and saw the bright chandeliers hanging down above them. He looked back down and picked up his menu.

"What are you gonna get?" he asked her. He looked through the menu and didn't know what to get. All the food seemed good to him but he didn't know what to choose.

Victorie when she noticed the ground beneath her feet change to that of a floor in the restaurant. she walked with Ryo and the water then sat across from Ryo. gently citorie picked up her menu and read through it. she glanced up at Ryo when he spoke, "i'm not sure," she whispered. she wasn't to hungry and didn't really have the desire to eat "maybe something small like a salad." she said "maybe one with little bits of meat in it." she looked through the menu again.

Ryo smiled and looked at the menu. "Okay, well if you want something else, just order it i got plent of money with me." he said still smiling. He looked at the menu once more and decided he would get a steak and a soda. He looked up and saw the waiter coming toward them. "Are you ready to order?" he asked them. Ryo looked up at him. "Yes, I'll have the steak... medium rare and a sprite, please." he said giving his menu to the waiter. "Very well sir, and what will you have Miss?" he asked Victorie.

"a small chicken salad," victorie said looking up at the waiter, "and a montin dew(mellow yellow)." she handed him the menue and crossed her legs under the table. smileing over at Ryo. she pulled the jacket closer around her sholders and pulled her hair over her right sholder. once the waiter was gone she giggled. "muidem rare has blood right. where you lieing to me?" she said jokeingly. then layed her hand on the table wishing the lights were a little dimmer.

Ryo looked at Victorie and laughed. "I don't know to be honest, I never taste any blood so i'm gonna go with no, it doesn't have blood." he said smiling. He saw her put her hand on the table, and he took her hand in his. He looked up at the chandeliers again and laughed softly. He noticed that there weren't alot of people there, and he wondered why. That place was usually packed everyday when he came around.

Victorie smiled biting the inside of her lip. she blushed when his hand rested on top of hers. that really made her wish it was darker like back in the theater. she smiled more as they sat there. "what do you do for fum besides take random girls on dates?" she asked with a gleam in her eye. they had only talked once before when they had and he asked her out. after she had bumped into him in hogsmeed.

He looked at her and smiled. "I don't do much.... i have to stay inside most of the time and i don't have friends to hang out with so i usually just stay in the common room or go to Hogsmeade...." he said looking at their hands now. "You know you're the first girl i've actually been on a date with... I've had girls ask ME out but i usually turn them down..." he added, his smile fading. He looked up and saw the waiter coming toward them with their food. "Here you are." he said placing the food and drinks on the table. "Enjoy." he said and walked away. Ryo took his hand away from Victorie's and grabbed his fork and knife.

"wow," Victorie said quietly then sighed as the waiter came back over. she placed the napkin in her lap then gengerly picked up her fork and ate little bits of her salad. "would it make you feel better if you knew i'm kinda the same way? she asked after dabing at her mouth. and smileing at him wondering why she liked being here with him so much. wondering why he seemed to be the only one who wasnt lieing to her.

"Well, it helps..." he said smiling. He was glad she said that, it did made him feel better about himself. He had never been able to be himself around someone, but when he was with Victorie he felt he could act like himself. It helped that she knew he was a vampire too, because that was the biggest reason he couldn't be himself. Even if he wouldn't hurt anyone, everyone he knew would run away from him. His eyes turned gray from the memories of his old friends and how they ran from him.

Victorie nudged his foot with hers lightly when she saw his eyes turn gray. she smiled at him then ate some of her salad. she dabbed at her mouth again then lay her fork down. next to her plate and picked up the glass with condensation running down it taking a sip of the soda. she set the glass back down and folded her hands in her lap.as moved to cross her ankles under her car. she back was almost perfectly straight as she sat there with her pack away from the back chair.